Hi all,

My service engine light popped on about a week ago, and I drove it over to AutoZone to have the code pulled. When they plugged in the reader, they found the reader port wasn't providing power to the reader. The employee's first suggestion was that the circuit's fuse was blown, but he said it would be on the same circuit as the power point, which had power. He also said he had used the reader earlier in the day and did not think it could be broken.

Any suggestions as to how to get power to the reader port? Does anyone think he may have misdiagnosed the problem?

Thanks for the help!

–molotschna

Edit: 2001 F150 XLT

 

Year, model?

 

Sorry, I'm new to the site and thought that appeared automatically by my name.

It's a 2001 F150 XLT.

 

Download the manual here.
http://www.fleet.ford.com/partsandse...owner-manuals/

 

As you suggested, I went to that website to download the manual. It said nothing was available for 2001, so I went back to the 2000 manual, which agreed that the power to the "OBD II Scan Tool Connector" is connected to the same fuse as the cigar lighter, which is functional, confirming what the guy at AutoZone said.

Is there something in the manual I'm not thinking of that could help? I checked the section on the Service Engine Soon light but didn't see anything helpful.

 

Before this thread dies completely, does anyone else have any suggestions? I'd love to fix this myself rather than having to take it in.

 

Check the fuse for the pcm. And try a different auto store to read it.

 

Try a different reader

 

This!

Go to another place and have it read. I am pretty sure my Autel would still read it. Try a Jiffy Lube, O'Reilly....

Also, I'd check for power with a meter before you go any further. Autozone started using cheap readers here because they kept leaving them in cars.

 

And make sure you have power at the cig lighter and the power point. They are not on the same circuit.